Difference between prime and composite numbers

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Prime Number Composite Number
Prime numbers are those numbers which have only two factors – 1 and the number itself Numbers which have more than 2 factors are composite numbers.
Example: 2, 3, 5, 7… Example 4, 6, 8

 

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Prime Number Prime numbers are those numbers which have only two factors(link) – 1 and the number itself Example: 2, 3, 5, 7… Composite Number Numbers which have more than 2 factors are composite numbers. Example 4, 6, 8

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